Friday, 18 September 2026

Money saving tips for visitors to Edinburgh , Scotland

 

Edinburgh money saving tips for travellers to Scotland

Edinburgh money saving tips for travellers

Edinburgh welcomes millions of travellers every year eager to enjoy the sights of an amazing city .Here are my  top money saving  tips for anyone visiting the capital for the first time . Save up to 30% on these tour deals . As a guide with over ten years experience  , customers regularly ask me about money saving tips for their stay in Scotland .

doune castle filming tours
Doune Castle day tours

1  Castle explorer pass

Scotland has over a thousand castles . Edinburgh Castle is probably the most famous castle in the UK , but Stirling Castle is an equally  impressive fortress , built on volcanic rock 36 million years old  . If you want to visit a few castles during your stay I recommend an Explorer Pass , available from Historic Environment Scotland . They are a government agency who manage 75 castles in Scotland . The pass allows you skip the line entry to all of the castle and country houses run by HES , including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle  , Doune Castle ( Outlander and Game of Thrones )  ,  Blackness Castle ( Fort william in Outlander ) , Linlithgow Palace ( Wentworth prison in Outlander )  . Several of these castles are Outlander film locations . How about taking an Outlander tour from Edinburgh to visit Jamie Fraser’s home in Scotland’s amazing Outlander film locations ? Castle tours in Scotland  are available from Private tours Edinburgh . Airport pickup or dropoff is available on all our tours , Whatsapp +447305294773 for details 

2 UK SIM card

For most of us internet access on our phone is essential to keep up with email and social media. Most phone , electrical shops and supermarkets in Edinburgh can supply a UK SIM card for your phone with special deals on data for a month for £10 or less. At the moment I am paying £7.95 for 30 GB data per month from Talkmobile - not bad ! 

3 Hop on hop off bus tours

4  Drink Tap Water

Scotland has excellent and completely safe drinking tap water, although I recommend checking with your hotel before drinking it . Filling up a reusable water bottle is not only better for the environment, but it also saves money compared to purchasing plastic water bottles or getting drinks.

5 The Edinburgh Festival

The Edinburgh Festival is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August . There are hundreds of free shows to see and it's pot luck what you get  . The Royal Military Tattoo is one of the most popular shows each year and this year is the 75th anniversary of the show  . I recommend buying tickets early as these shows are often sold out . Early saver tickets are available

Your tour guide is David Rankin , a photographer with over 40 years experience of photographing Scotland’s landscapes and castles .

How about taking an Outlander tour from Edinburgh to visit Jamie Fraser’s home in Scotland’s amazing Outlander film locations ?

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Original photography by David Rankin

Black Mount  is a range of mountains stretching from Glen Orchy to Glen Coe, beside Rannoch Moor. The range features two Munros ( Scottish mountains over 3000 ft ) and  Loch Tulla , a small freshwater loch in front of the mountains .
The Highlands of Scotland features stunning scenery of lochs and mountains formed from volcanic rock 36 million years old . 

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